PopUp Bagels, has posted coming-soon signage across its future storefront in the ground floor of the Solaire 7607 Old Georgetown apartment tower at 7607 Old Georgetown Road in downtown Bethesda. The upstart New York bagel chain has made its social media virality central to its branding and marketing. Construction is now getting underway on the shop, a refreshing change from the many banks typically opening around town in recent times. Hot and fresh bagels with a rotating selection of schmears - and a required minimum order - are the focus at PopUp Bagels, not bagel sandwiches, nor non-bagel menu items.
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Absolutely zero parking but this is an interesting addition and looks darn tasty. Call Your Mother I guess would classify as a bagel joint. I don't understand the line that frequently forms outside Bethesda Bagel like today. Lots of Christmas shoppers though. Bottom line, I think Pop Up and Call Your Mother are leaps and bounds better than BB.
What might be the cause of such a bagel glut? Bethesda bagels, Andy’s, call your mother, now this place
IDK, but mere steps away is Lidl which has nice chewy ET bagels and the packages of cream cheese are on sale this week for .99 ¢.
8:52 - For bagels, I'd probably say trend. For banks, pizza places, coffee shops and French cafes/pastry, it's definitely a glut.
There is an abundance of parking downtown Bethesda
1:44 - Not anywhere close to this place there isn't.
There is a need for brunch/breakfast options to go in Woodmont Triangle. You're kind of left with Starbucks (often sells out of food items, particularly on weekends) or Dunkin. So a couple of new bagel places should do well.
Street parking all around the area. Several parking decks in the Woodmont Triangle. Or just walk. Tons of folks live in dense high-rise apartment buildings and condos in the area. If JAC can’t park in a large free surface parking lot, directly adjacent to his destination, it automatically is deemed to be doomed. Downtown Bethesda is one of the most pedestrian friendly, walkable neighborhoods in the country. About 200 restaurants and 500 shops within a compact one square mile area. The retail density of downtown Bethesda exceeds many NYC neighborhoods.
8:00 - There isn't very much street parking exactly where this is going in is the point. Can people walk? Of course. Do I need a spot right outside the door? No. And as I've said in the comments recently, I walk upwards of 30 miles every week even in the freezing cold of a few weeks ago. You? Doomed? I never said anything to suggest that Pop Up Bagels is doomed. In fact, I said basically the opposite. Folks will find this and walk by no doubt and they likely will do well. But if you are driving, and can't find a place close enough to park and run in, you won't come back. Call Your Mother will crush it when they open because it's good and because the parking where they are going in the Woodmont Triangle is close and plentiful. Merry Christmas!
There's literally a 900+ space MCDOT parking garage across the street. Garage 49.
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